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Disney Star Stands With Striking Writers

Josh Gad Luke Evans Beauty and the Beast
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In 2013, Disney released one of its most successful animated films of all time —Ā Frozen. Fans couldn’t get enough of Princess Elsa, Princess Anna, Kristoff, Olaf the Snowman, and Sven the Reindeer. It’s been a decade since the original film came out, and it remains more popular than ever.Ā FrozenĀ starred Idina Menzel as Elsa, Kristen Bell as Anna, Jonathan Groff as Kristoff, and Josh Gad as Olaf. The film’s success launched a number of spinoffs, includingĀ Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Olaf Presents,Ā andĀ Frozen Ever After. A sequel film was also released in 2019.

Frozen

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Since he voiced Olaf inĀ Frozen, Josh Gad has become a huge part of the Disney family. In addition to voicing Olaf in multiple FrozenĀ projects, Gad also portrayed LeFou in the 2017 live-action remake ofĀ Beauty and the Beast. Gad has always been outspoken about the characters he plays in relation to his beliefs. He even once said that Disney could have gone further with LeFou, instead of a quick insinuation that the character was gay.

Josh Gad and Luke Evans as LeFou and Gaston

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And now, Gad is being outspoken once again. On May 2, the Writers Guild of America announced that its more an 11,000 writers were going on strike. Hollywood came to a grinding halt. The writers are still on strike, with many Hollywood bigwigs standing with them. Gad is one of those people. He recently shared a picture of himself on the picket line.

In line with the folks who make the magic. Both of these men literally wrote the words that came out of my mouth on two different series: ā€œ1600 Pennā€ & ā€œCentral Park.ā€ Itā€™s writers like ā¦@MikeRoyceā© & ā¦@sanjayshah who provide the blueprint for everything that follows

Gad later shared another photo from the picket lines, with a sign that said he was an “out-of-work actor looking for work.”

Got scripts?

Hollywood’s writers have been on strike for nearly two weeks, and they are showing no signs of backing down. The writers are claiming that studios — including Disney — are paying them less due to the increase in shows created for streaming. Streaming shows have fewer episodes than traditional network shows, which is reducing writers’ pay by a significant amount.

About Krysten Swensen

A born and bred New England girl living the Disney life in Southern California. I love to read, to watch The Golden Girls, and love everything to do with Disney and Universal. I also love to share daily doses of Disney on my Disney Instagram @BrazzleDazzleDisney!

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